2 Corinthians 3:6
He has made us fit to be servants of a new covenant, a covenant not of the written letter but of the Spirit. For the written letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
Treated in 10 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit ·
The Regenerating Work of the Holy Spirit cites 2 Corinthians 3:6
…instrument that the new birth results. “It is the Spirit who gives life.” (John 6:63). In 2 Corinthians 3:6, we are told that “ For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life . ” This is sometimes…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 1, Chapter 9 — All the Principles of Piety Subverted by Fanatics, Who Substitute Revelations for Scripture cites 2 Cor. 3:6
…for despising Scripture. It is clear that Paul is there arguing against false apostles (2 Cor. 3:6), who, by recommending the law without Christ, deprived the people of the benefit of the…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 2 — Man Now Deprived of Freedom of Will, and Miserably Enslaved cites 2 Cor. 3:6
…we give to the apostles who declares that “we are incapable of thinking a good thought?” (2 Cor. 3:6). What answer shall we give to the Lord, who declares, by Moses, that “every imagination…
- The Key Teachings of Martin Luther ·
Law and Gospel cites 2 CORINTHIANS 3:6
…not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 2 CORINTHIANS 3:6 I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 7 — The Law Given, Not to Retain a People for Itself, but to Keep Alive the Hope of Salvation in Christ Until His Advent cites 2 Cor. 3:6
…of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the split giveth life,” (2 Cor. 3:6). The former passage intimates, that it is in vain to teach righteousness by precept…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 3, Chapter 1 — The Benefits of Christ Made Available to Us by the Secret Operation of the Spirit cites 2 Cor. 3:6
…by which we are enabled to see: hence Paul so highly commends the ministry of the Spirit (2 Cor. 3:6), since teachers would cry aloud to no purpose, did not Christ, the internal teacher, by…
- The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo ·
Love the Key to Scripture cites 2 CORINTHIANS 3:6
…not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 2 CORINTHIANS 3:6 He also watched Ambrose read. In Book VI he gives a small portrait that has fascinated…
- With and Without Christ ·
The Inner Life cites 2 Cor. iii. 6
…reveals the reality. As St. Paul says: “The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life” (2 Cor. iii. 6). As some insects with their antennæ feel their surroundings and distinguish between…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 1 — Of the True Church cites 2 Cor. 3:6
…the Spirit was given to him, in order that his doctrine might not be in vain (1 Cor. 9:2; 2 Cor. 3:6). In this sense he elsewhere declares that his Gospel was not in word, but in power (1…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Discussion: Part the Second cites 2 Cor. iii. 6-9
…word is of itself useless, and of the least moment, when Paul everywhere, and especially 2 Cor. iii. 6-9, highly exalts it, and calls it the ministration “of life,” and “of glory?” Here again…